Medicament injection device or injection mock-up demo device with motion detector to log and track user behaviour

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10733909-B2
Application number	US-202016740218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2020
Priority date	Aug 19, 2014
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mock-up medicament injector for training purposes or an actual medicament injection device ( 1 ) comprising a sensor device ( 2 ) configured to detect movements of the whole device, and a logging device ( 3 ) configured to record said movements and thus track user behaviour of the device. The sensor can be e.g. an accelerometer, gyroscope or magnetometer. The device can communicate the logged data either in real time or at a later point in time from its memory to an external computer device. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for tracking behaviour of a user using the medicament injector or training device ( 1 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A medicament delivery device comprising:
a cap that is removably attached to a distal portion of the medicament delivery device;
a battery;
a contact pad;
an insulating sheet positioned between the battery and the contact pad;
a sensor configured to detect information about the medicament delivery device; and
a communication device configured to transmit real time data to an external device, where the real time data comprises the information detected by the sensor,
wherein the insulating sheet is removed from between the battery and the contact pad when the cap and the distal portion are moved relative to each other or when the medicament delivery device is removed from a transportation box.

2. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 wherein the external device comprises a computer.

3. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 wherein the contact between the battery and the contact pad starts tracking of the real time data.

4. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device comprises a gyroscope.

5. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device comprises an accelerometer.

6. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device is configured for injection of a medicament.

7. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device is a mock-up demo device configured for human factors study.

8. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device further comprises a logging device configured to start tracking motion of the medicament delivery device when the medicament delivery device is removed from the transportation box or the cap is removed.

9. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device is configured for training.

10. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , further comprising a memory device configured to store the real time data.

11. The medicament delivery device of claim 10 , where the communication device is configured to transmit the real time data from the memory device to the external device.

12. The medicament delivery device of claim 11 , wherein the communication device is configured to transmit, via a wired connection, data from the memory device.

13. The medicament delivery device of claim 11 , wherein the communication device is configured to wirelessly transmit data from the memory device.

14. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the communication device is configured to wirelessly transmit the real time data to the external device.

15. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the communication device is configured to transmit, via a wired connection, the real time data to the external device.

16. A method of transmitting real time data containing information relating to a medicament delivery device, where the medicament delivery device has a protective cap attached to a distal portion of the medicament delivery device, the method comprising:
(a) moving the protective cap relative to the distal portion of the medicament delivery device, thereby causing removal of an insulating sheet from between a battery and a contact pad of the medicament delivery device; or
(b) removing the medicament delivery device from a box, thereby causing removal of the insulating sheet from between the battery and the contact pad,
detecting, via a sensor, the information about the medicament delivery device; and
transmitting to an external device the real time data comprising the information.

17. The method of transmitting real time data according to claim 16 , wherein removal of the insulating sheet starts the transmission of the real time data.

18. A medicament delivery system comprising:
a medicament delivery device and a computing device that is external to the medicament delivery device,
wherein the medicament delivery device comprises:
a cap removably attached to a distal portion of the medicament delivery device;
a battery;
a contact pad;
an insulating sheet positioned between the battery and the contact pad;
a sensor configured to detect information about the medicament delivery device; and
a communication device configured to transmit real time data to the computing device, where the real time data comprises the information detected by the sensor,
wherein the insulating sheet is removed from between the battery and the contact pad when the cap and the distal end are moved relative to each other or when the medicament delivery device is removed from a transportation box.

Assignees

• Shl Medical Ag

Inventors

• Bauss Markus

Classifications

• A61M2230/63

  Motion, e.g. physical activity · CPC title

• G09B19/00

  Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass (teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26) · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title

• A61M2205/52

  with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient · CPC title

• G09B23/285 Primary

  for injections, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, sigmoidscopy, insertion of contraceptive devices or enemas · CPC title